Intro to Microscopes

Where you look through to see the image being displayed. Also, the first place where the image is being magnified (10 times)

• Eye piece

• Arm

• Stage

• Objective Lenses

Has low power, medium power, and high power that magnify the specific amounts depending on the which you are using.

• Eye piece

• Arm

• Stage

• Objective Lenses

Magnifies specimens 4 times its original size. (Low Power)

• Red Objective Lens

• Yellow Objective Lens

• Blue Objective Lens

Magnifies specimens 10 times its original size. (Medium Power)

• Red Objective Lens

• Yellow Objective Lens

• Blue Objective Lens

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Magnifies specimens 40 times its original size. (High Power)

• Red Objective Lens

• Yellow Objective Lens

• Blue Objective Lens

where you place the slide to be viewed on the microscope

• Stage

• Base

• Arm

• Eyepiece

little metal clips attached to the stage in order to hold the slide in place

• Stage

• Base

• Arm

• Stage clips

Controls the amount of like that shines through the stage and on the specimen

• Stage

• Base

• Arm

• Diaphragm

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

what the microscope sits on

• Stage

• Base

• Arm

• Diaphragm

large knob used to make large focusing adjustments by moving the stage

• fine adjustment knob

• course adjustment knob

• Arm

• Diaphragm